cross-posted from !meta@lemdro.id

As early as September 28, 2023, SMS messages will no longer be available when you update your Messenger app.

Was anybody actually using this? I honestly forgot this was a supported feature. This is coming from someone who is still not happy about Signal dropping SMS support.

  • HellAwaits@lemm.eeEnglish
    137·
    11 months ago

    This is coming from someone who is still not happy about Signal dropping SMS support.

    You do realize SMS messages are not encrypted, right? Like it’s totally plaintext transmission. You should be glad it’s gone.

    • ijeff@lemdro.idOPMEnglish
      232·
      11 months ago

      It was useful for getting family who aren’t as interested in the privacy aspects to use it. Having it be their default SMS messaging app means them being more open to using it to message securely with me without having to worry about there being another messaging service to keep track of.

      As an aside, it did used to encrypt regular text messages as well.

      • timbuck2themoon@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Yep. As someone in the States, I basically stopped using it. It at least worked well to get people on it here and anything with them was encrypted.